Introduction
1. Education Objectives:
Art and culture are crucial indictors reflecting our social environment and concrete aspects of our life. Contemporary art can only develop in depth depending on far-sighted cultural policy planning and efficient management. The former is based on the study of contemporary trends, their theories, as well as their potential development through the dialectics of thoughts, policies and regulations analyses; whereas the latter is founded upon an awareness of art and history, practical training in market operations, as well as inspirational perceptiveness to creativity and design. In this light, our graduate school both reflects and responds to the trends and demands of contemporary and future artistic developments at domestic, regional and global levels. The school has planned courses accordingly in both theory and practice, in order to encourage students to raise questions, understand cultural phenomena, tackle issues in interpretation, and rationally develop a critical approach. The students are finally required to write a thesis involving insightful and multiple perspectives, from both their theoretical work and action research . Art management and cultural policy are the two core elements of the master and doctoral programs of our graduate school. They compliment each other, providing the students with an overall picture of art and culture in relation to management and policy issues. It is important to stress that the graduate school of Art-Culture Policy and Management of National Taiwan University of Arts provides an educational and research environment that emphasizes both action and theoretical work.

2. School Structure: (1) Master program (2) Doctorate program

3. Features:
The university’s art museum and exhibition center are precious teaching resources for the study of management and cultural policy, and our graduate school uses them as experimental bases. We also bring in experts from particular art institutes and scholars from outside to develop various specialized art management courses. Besides, we equally emphasize on studying domestic and foreign cultural policies, regulations and phenomena, and on analyzing the projects and operations of art institutions. To complement these, the school is very much concerned by stressing the importance of critical studies of art practices and their theories, in order to foster multitalented learning that will give rise to innovative cultural perspectives.
The curriculum is designed according to five main fields:
(1) Analysis and criticism of cultural policies and regulations
(2) Culture and art: discourse and methods
(3) Art management and administration: theory and practice
(4) Promotion, development and management of art projects
(5) Planning and marketing the cultural and creative industry
In addition, our graduate school actively promotes the one-certificate-one-license system, which encourages students to apply for specialized management certificates in order to improve their competence in the field.

4. Important Events:
August, 2008: Organized Taiwanese Youth and Art Experience – High School Student Cross-Art Summer Camp
March, 2008: Organized the first session of NTUA Art Ambassadors
June, 2008: Organized Visions of Art Management : Discourse and Practice
April, 2008 Organized The Power of Culture: European Experience and the Rise of Taiwan—The International Forum for Cultural Policy and Capitals of Culture
April, 2008 Opened courses: IPMA Level D, Certified Project Management Associate
December, 2007: Created the National Art Project Management Research and Development
Center, which promotes and awards certificates in specialized management studies and related research.
December, 2006 Organized Advance, Balance and Creativity (ABC) International Forum for Art College/ University Leaders 2006

5. Important Achievements:
Our graduate school is supported by various subsidies and funding schemes from the Ministry of Education and was the first to create an Art Project Management Research and Development Center at a university. It has already organized four major international conferences to promote international exchanges.

6. Major Exchange Schemes:
April. 2008: Researcher Fiorella Allio, from the “Centre National de la Recherche
Scientifique” (CNRS, France), visited our graduate school.
April 2008 Graduate student Sophie McIntyre from The Australian National University visited our graduate school under the Taiwan Contemporary Art Research scholarship.
September 2007: Christine Skinner, the representative of the British Trade & Cultural Office in Taiwan, and Xin-yi Gu, the Office’s Art Manager, visited our graduate school to assess the progress of the organization of the Cultural Policy and Cultural Capital International Forum.
January 2007: Invited Taiwan art researcher Mori Minako to deliver the speech “The Meaning
of Taiwan Art Attraction and Art Exchange.”
November 2006: ICOM Vice Chairman Dr. Amareswar Galla visited our graduate school.
September 2006 Professor Nick Stanley, Head of Research at the Institute of Art & Design of
Birmingham City University (formerly Central England, UK) visited our graduate school
and delivered the speech “The Aesthetics and Culture of Asian Anthropology Exhibition.”
March 2006:Academic and Director of our graduate school Hsin-Tien Liao visited the South
Bank campus of Griffith University, Australia, to discuss cultural policy academic exchanges with the Dean of Nathan campus Kay Ferres, the Head of School Paul Turnbull, Associate Professor Paul Cleveland and Associate Professor Andi Spark.

7. Enrollment
Master Program: Master of Arts (M.A.)
Doctoral Program: Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

8. Teaching Staff (full-time)
Hsin-Tien Liao, Associate Professor and Director of ACPM; Ph.D. in Art History,
Birmingham City University (formerly Central England, UK) and Ph.D. of Sociology, National Taiwan University. Areas of expertise: visual culture and visual sociology, postcolonialism and cultural discourse, cultural sociology, research of art criticism, Taiwanese art history
Ying ying Lai, Associate Professor, Ph.D. in art administration, National Taiwan Normal
University, Areas of expertise: museum administrative theories and practice, post-war Taiwanese arts modern Western arts.
Gerald Cipriani(visiting professor), Ph.D. in Western aesthetics & art theory (1st doctoral research, full scholarship) Leeds Metropolitan University, UK

9. Curriculum
Master Program
● Structure: the courses of our graduate school are divided into four main fields, namely Theories and Methods; Cultural Policies and Regulations; Art Management; and Cultural Industry and Marketing. The ratio of the courses for each semester is: Theories and Methods + (Cultural Policy + Cultural Industry) + Art Management = 2 : 2 : 2 or 1: 3: 2. Credits for graduation: 42 (6 Master Dissertation credits included). In addition to the basic credits listed below, students who fail to obtain the required number of credits for graduation are allowed to re-take courses at will.
Category Minimal Credit Number Specification
College Courses Mandatory Courses 0
Elective Courses 0
Specialized Courses Mandatory Courses 3
Elective Courses 24 At least 12 credits for specialized elective courses and 12 credits for other elective courses
Cross-Department
courses
(School, College, and Graduate School)
3~9 At most 9 credits can be taken
Foreign Language Certificate 0 Students must pass the GEPT Intermediate Level or other equivalent English exams, or else attend the school’s English courses for one year. Those who graduated in an English speaking foreign country or who studied in an English speaking institute for at least 3 consecutive months can be exempted from these requirements subject to the approval of the Board.
Master Dissertation
6 1. Students must pass the qualification test and have their dissertation proposal approved.
2. Students should pass their dissertation and oral examinations.
3. Other requirements for graduation are thoroughly listed in the student brochure.

1. Mandatory Courses (credits)
Research Methods and Dissertation Writing（3）

2. Elective Courses (credits)
I. Theory and Method Fields
Visual Culture：Theories and Methods（3）
Postmodern Culture and Culture Criticism（3）
Seminar: Modernism and Modernity（3）
Cultural Studies and Discourse in Taiwan（3）
Seminar: Sociology of Art（3）
Academic Lectures（3）

II. Cultural Policy and Regulation Fields
Topical Study in Cultural Laws and Policies（3）
Territorial Cultural PoliciesⅠ: European Cultural Policies（3）
Territorial Cultural PolicyⅡ: Asian and African Cultural Policies（3）
Development of Liberal Arts Policy in Taiwan（3）
Public Policy（3）
Government Culture Policy and Operations（3）
Art and Laws（3）

III. Art Management Fields
Art Management: Theory and Practice（3）
Seminar: Topics on Art Management（3）
Art Organization Internship（6）
Art Organization, Operations and Management（3）
International Art Project：Case Study（3）
Museology（3）
Museum Administration, Theories and Practices（3）
Art Management and Technology Application（3）
Art and Business Management（3）
Art Budget Planning（3）
Art Project Management（3）
Festivals and Special Events Management（3）
Art Project Financial Formulation and Management（3）
Art Exhibition, Interpretation and Communication（3）
Seminar: Design Exhibition（3）
Museum Education（3）
Museum Architecture（3）
Administration and Communication（3）

IV. Cultural Industry and Marketing Fields
Art Environment（3）
Art and Culture Marketing（3）
Creative Cultural Industry（3）
Digital Communication and Popular Culture（3）

Doctoral Program
● Structure: the courses of our graduate school are divided into four main fields, namely Theories and Methods; Cultural Policies and Regulations; Art Management; and Cultural Industry and Marketing. The ratio of the courses for each semester is: Theories and Methods + (Cultural Policy + Cultural Industry) + Art Management = 2 : 2 : 2 or 1: 3: 2. Credits for graduation: 36 (6 Doctoral Thesis credits included). In addition to the basic credits listed below, students who fail to obtain the required number of credits for graduation are allowed to re-take courses at will.

Category Minimal Credit Number Specification
College Courses Mandatory Courses 0
Elective Courses 0
Specialized Courses Mandatory Courses 9
Elective Courses 12 At least 6 credits for specialized elective courses and 6 credits for other elective courses
Cross-Department
courses
(School, College, and Graduate School)
3~9 At most 9 credits can be taken
Foreign Language Certificate 0 Students must pass the GEPT Intermediate Level or other equivalent English exams, or else attend the school’s English courses for one year. Those who graduated in an English speaking foreign country or who studied in an English speaking institute for at least 6 consecutive months can be exempted from these requirements subject to the approval of the Board.
Doctoral Thesis
6 1. Students must pass the qualification test and have their thesis proposal approved.
2. Students should pass their thesis and oral examinations.
3. Other requirements for graduation are thoroughly listed in the student brochure.

1. Mandatory Courses (credits)
Methodology of Research(3)
Theories of Art and Culture(3)
Culture Policy：Theory and Practice(3)

2. Elective Courses (credits)
I. Theory and Method Fields
Visual Culture：Theories and Methods（3）
Postmodern Culture and Cultural Criticism（3）
Seminar: Modernism and Modernity（3）

Cultural Studies and Discourses in Taiwan（3）
Seminar: Cultural Politics（3）
Seminar: Sociology of Culture（3）
Seminar: Philosophy of Art & Culture（3）
Post-Colonial Art and Culture Criticism（3
Seminar: Contemporary Sociological Theories（3）
Independent Study（3）
Seminar: Sociology of Art（3）
Academic Lectures（3）

II. Cultural Policy and Regulation Fields
Comparative Culture Policies（3）
Critique of Culture Policies （3）
Topical Study in Cultural Laws and Policies（3）
Territorial Cultural PoliciesⅠ: European （3）Cultural Policies
Territorial Cultural PoliciesⅡ: Asian and African Cultural Policies（3）
Government Culture Policy and Operations（3）
Art and Laws（3）

III. Art Management Fields
Cultural Institutes and Art Organization（3）
Current Thoughts on New Museology（3）
究 International Art Projects：Case Study（3）
Seminar: Non-profit Organizations（3）
Seminar: Management of Non-profit Organizations（3）
Art Organization and Administration Evaluation（3）
Festival and Special Events Management（3）
Cultural Statistics and Analyses（3）
Art Projects Financial Planning and Management（3）
Seminar: Museum Management（3）
Seminar: Museology（3）
Art Exhibition, Interpretation and Communication（3）
Seminar: Design Exhibition（3）
Museum Education（3）
Museum Architecture（3）
Administration and Communication（3）

IV. Cultural Industry and Marketing Fields

Consumers and Cultural Marketing（3）
Creative Cultural Industry（3）
Digital Communication and Popular Culture（3）